bulb

bulb is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
2. noun. A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
3. noun. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
4. intransitive verb. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
5. noun. a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)

   "the bulb of a syringe"

6. noun. electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

   Synonyms: lightbulb

7. noun. a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
8. noun. lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

   "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"

   Synonyms: medulla

9. noun. a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
10. noun. anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop

Synonyms

lightbulb, medulla

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bulb:

blub

Common word forms

bulbs, bulbed, bulbous, bulbless

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